SHIP:Sail:Flow Control:break

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Template:SHIP:Sail:Flow Control:break

Causes execution to exit from a loop or switch statement branch.

Statement	Description
Template:Flow Control:break	Causes immediate termination out of a loop or switch block.

Example

a = 10; while(a) {

  if(a == 5)
     break;
  printf("%d,", a);

} Prints: 10,9,8,7,6

or

switch(a) {

  case 1:
     printf("1");
  case 2:
     printf("2");
  case 3:
     printf("3");
     break;
  case 4:
     printf("4");
  default;

} Prints: a = 1 ->123 a = 2 ->23 a = 3 ->3 a = 4 ->4